Johann Wendt (physician)

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Johann Wendt (born October 26, 1777 in Tost ; † April 13, 1845 in Breslau ) was a German doctor, professor at the University of Breslau , 1823-1824 rector of this university.

Life

Johann Wendt was born in the small Upper Silesian town of Tost in 1777 as the son of a wine merchant and post commissioner. His son Dr. Alphons Wendt, medical assessor and physicist at Breslau, writes about his father's youth after the death:

"Dr. Johann Wendt was born in 1777 on October 26th in Tost, a small Upper Silesian town where his father, who died in 1820, owned a wine shop and was post-commissioner. He lost his mother early and received his first education in Leobschütz. He completed his high school studies in Troppau, where his father's sister lived. He referred to the Leopoldina in Breslau, where he was responsible for philosophical studies for 2 years. "

- JANUS. Journal of the History and Literature of Medicin, Volume One, Eduard Crewendt's publishing house, Breslau 1846, p. 844

After graduating from high school in 1792, he studied philosophy at the University of Breslau. Two years later, thanks to the financial support of the Bishop of Warmia Ignacy Krasicki , he switched to medicine , first in Wroclaw, then in Pavia and Rome , where he completed his studies with a doctorate in 1797. He became an assistant doctor for gynecology at the Roman clinic of S. Giovanni in Lateran . He then came to Vienna in 1798 , returned home in 1799 and passed the Prussian state examination. After an internship in Ohlau and Wroclaw , he became a member of the Medical Commission in 1809. In 1811 he was appointed associate professor at the University of Breslau. In 1813 he became a full professor, 1823-1824 rector of this college. In 1824 he was appointed a secret medical councilor.

The electrical tests carried out by Wendt on the severed head of the Hungarian horse dealer Martin von Troer, who was beheaded for murder on February 25, 1803 in Breslau, sparked heated discussions and drew a reprimand from the king.

Honors

In 1814 he was elected a member of the German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina .

Fonts (selection)

  • About the beheading in general and about the execution of Troer in particular. Breslau 1803. In: Hufelands Neues Journal der practical Arzneykunde. Volume 10, Piece 3, 1803, pp. 5-29.
  • About surgical medicine theory , Breslau-Leipzig 1811.
  • De methodo formulas medicas concinnandi , Breslau 1813.
  • The epidemic of lust in all its directions and in all its forms , 1816.
  • Help with poisoning and with the various types of apparent death , 1818.
  • The teething troubles presented systematically , Breslau-Leipzig 1822–1826.
  • Practical materia medica , Breslau 1830, 1834.

literature

Web links

Works by and about Johann Wendt  in the German Digital Library

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Norbert Conrads (ed.): The tolerated university. 300 years University of Breslau 1702 to 2002. Stuttgart 2004, p. 221.
  2. ↑ Michael Sachs: 'Prince Bishop and Vagabond'. The story of a friendship between the Prince-Bishop of Breslau Heinrich Förster (1799–1881) and the writer and actor Karl von Holtei (1798–1880). Edited textually based on the original Holteis manuscript. In: Medical historical messages. Journal for the history of science and specialist prose research. Volume 35, 2016 (2018), pp. 223–291, here: pp. 238 f.
  3. ^ Member entry of Johann von Wendt at the German Academy of Natural Scientists Leopoldina , accessed on November 22, 2015.
personal data
SURNAME Wendt, Johann
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German doctor, professor and rector of the University of Wroclaw
DATE OF BIRTH October 26, 1777
PLACE OF BIRTH Tost
DATE OF DEATH April 13, 1845
Place of death Wroclaw